Using These to Detect Fraud Is Much Easier Than Assessing

question 52

Multiple Choice

Using these to detect fraud is much easier than assessing changes in the financial statement numbers themselves:

• A) Financial statement ratios
• B) Vertical analyses
• C) Horizontal analyses
• D) Data mining

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting cognitions (beliefs, attitudes, or values).

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Evolutionary

Pertaining to evolution, often used to describe biological or psychological theories that attribute the development of genetic traits and behaviors to natural selection and survival advantages.

Human History

The recorded events, societies, innovations, and significant changes over time that have shaped human civilization.